Geothermal Production Managers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: Bachelor's degree
Salary
High: $178,470.00
Average: $120,900.00
Hourly
Average: $58.13

What they do:

Manage operations at geothermal power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor geothermal plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.

On the job, you would:

  • Supervise employees in geothermal power plants or well fields.
  • Oversee geothermal plant operations, maintenance, and repairs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations.
  • Communicate geothermal plant conditions to employees.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

89% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
87% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
87% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
85% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
85% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
85% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
84% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
82% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
80% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
79% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
78% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
78% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
76% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
74% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
70% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
70% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Enterprising  -  Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
78% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

83% Achievement  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
83% Working Conditions  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
83% Recognition  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
78% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
61% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

78% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
78% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
75% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
75% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
72% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
69% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
66% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
66% Written Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
63% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
63% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
60% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
56% Mathematical Reasoning  -  The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
56% Category Flexibility  -  The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
53% Number Facility  -  The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
53% Flexibility of Closure  -  The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
53% Far Vision  -  The ability to see details at a distance.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

63% Monitoring  -  Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
61% Reading Comprehension  -  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
57% Speaking  -  Talking to others to convey information effectively.
55% Management of Personnel Resources  -  Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
55% Critical Thinking  -  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
55% Time Management  -  Managing one's own time and the time of others.
54% Writing  -  Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
54% Systems Evaluation  -  Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
54% Mathematics  -  Using mathematics to solve problems.
54% Management of Financial Resources  -  Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
52% Judgment and Decision Making  -  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
52% Systems Analysis  -  Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
52% Active Listening  -  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
52% Social Perceptiveness  -  Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
52% Coordination  -  Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
52% Complex Problem Solving  -  Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Evaluate potential of products, technologies, or resources.
Implement organizational process or policy changes.
Direct green energy production operations.
Communicate green energy production information.
Maintain green energy production plant equipment.
Maintain operational records for green energy processes or other environmentally-sustainable activities.
Prepare forms or applications.
Prepare reports related to compliance matters.
Prepare forms or applications.
Maintain green energy production plant equipment.
Direct facility maintenance or repair activities.
Negotiate contracts for environmental remediation, green energy, or renewable resources.
Monitor green energy equipment, systems, or facilities.
Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
Monitor green energy equipment, systems, or facilities.
Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures for green or sustainable operations.
Prepare operational budgets for green energy or other green operations.
Supervise workers performing environmentally sustainable activities.
Direct green energy production operations.
Direct maintenance and repair activities in green energy production facilities.
Inspect operations of green energy facilities.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

100% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
100% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
99% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
99% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
96% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
94% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
94% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
93% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
93% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
92% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
91% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
87% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
86% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
85% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
82% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
81% Letters and Memos  -  How often does the job require written letters and memos?
81% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
80% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
78% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
77% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
75% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
72% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
64% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
64% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
63% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
62% Level of Competition  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
61% Frequency of Conflict Situations  -  How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
61% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
61% Exposed to Hazardous Conditions  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
61% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
58% Exposed to Hazardous Equipment  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
53% Public Speaking  -  How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job?
95% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

92% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
90% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
87% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
86% Scheduling Work and Activities  -  Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
86% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
85% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
82% Developing and Building Teams  -  Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
80% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
80% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
78% Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others  -  Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
78% Monitoring and Controlling Resources  -  Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
78% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
77% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
75% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
75% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
74% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
73% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
72% Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates  -  Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
70% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
69% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
68% Performing Administrative Activities  -  Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
68% Coaching and Developing Others  -  Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
68% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
67% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
66% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
64% Providing Consultation and Advice to Others  -  Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
63% Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information  -  Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
63% Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others  -  Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
62% Developing Objectives and Strategies  -  Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
60% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
57% Staffing Organizational Units  -  Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
54% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
53% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.

Getting Started

Education:
48%
Some College Courses
19%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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